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Contents
List of Illustrations — Foreword — Editor's Note — Fragments from the Author's Preface — Author's Acknowledgments (Fragments)
I. The Literary Evidence
Demonization — Equations — Ammianus Marcellinus — Cassiodorus, Jordanes
II. History
From the Don to the Danube — The Huns at the Danube — The Invasion of Asia — Uldin — Charaton — Octar and Ruga — Attila — Attila's Kingdom — The Huns in Italy — Collapse and Aftermath — The First Gotho-Hunnic War — The Second Gotho-Hunnic War — The End
III. Economy
Camels — Hunnic Agriculture? — Housing — Income in Gold — Trade — Silk — Wine
IV. Society
Aristocracy — Slaves
V. Warfare
General Characteristics — Horses — Bows and Arrows — Swords — Lances — The Lasso — Armor — Huns in the Roman Army
VI. Religion
The Huns and Christianity — Seers and Shamans — Divine Kingship? — Strava — The Sacred Sword — Masks and Amulets — Eidola
VII. Art
Gold Diadems — Cauldrons — Mirrors — Personal Ornaments
VIII. Race
The Hsiung-nu — Europoids in East Asia
IX. Language
1. Speculations about the Language of the Huns
2. Transcriptions
3. Etymologies
4. Germanized and Germanic Names
5 . Iranian Names
6. The apposition cur in Turkish names — Turkish names
7. Names of Undetermined Origin
8. Hybrid Names
9. Kamos and medos, Strava, Cucurun
10. Tribal Names
11. ConclusionsX. Early Huns in Eastern Europe
XI. Appendixes
XII. Background: The Roman Empire at the Time of the Hunnic Invasions, by Paul Alexander
Bibliography — Abbreviations — Classical and Medieval Register — Sources — Index